The Renaissance : Studies in Art and Poetry

By Pater, Walter Horatio

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Title:	The Renaissance : Studies in Art and Poetry
Author:	Pater, Walter Horatio
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Language:	English
Subject:	Fiction, Literature, Poetry
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Publisher:	The Victorian Prose Archive


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Victorian Literature

Excerpt
Excerpts: What is important, then, is not that the critic should possess a correct abstract definition of beauty for the intellect, but a certain kind of temperament, the power of being deeply moved by the presence of beautiful objects. He will remember always that beauty exists in many forms. To him all periods, types, schools of taste, are in themselves equal. In all ages there have been some excellent workmen, and some excellent work done. The question he asks is always: In whom did the stir, the genius, the sentiment of the period find itself? Where was the receptacle of its refinement, its elevation, its taste? ?The ages are all equal,? says William Blake, ?but genius is always above its age.?

Table of Contents
CONTENTS PAGE TWO EARLY FRENCH STORIES 1 PICO DELLA MIRANDOLA 30 SANDRO BOTTICELLI 50 LUCA DELLA ROBBIA 63 THE POETRY OF MICHELANGELO 73 LEONARDO DA VINCI 98 THE SCHOOL OF GIORGIONE 130 JOACHIM DU BELLAY 155 WINCKELMANN 177 CONCLUSION 233